The LCPS Podcast (Loudoun County Public Schools)

DEIA Better Together - A Season to Reflect

The Better Together Podcast hosts/producers Anthony Beckett, Camille Jones, and Everette Callaway recap key points and favorite moments from past episodes and discuss their vision for the 26-27 school year

School Spirit: Farmwell Station Students Get Creative to Promote Wellness

For the May School Spirit podcast, Renée Dawson, director of Family and Community Engagement, sits down with students from Farmwell Station Middle School who participate in Sources of Strength, a student‑driven mental wellness initiative focused on building resilience, shifting unhealthy peer norms, and strengthening connections with trusted adults to promote well‑being, hope, and healthy coping. Tune in to hear the creative ways these students bring the program’s mission to life and the meaningful support they receive from the school’s counseling team.

LCPS News: 2026 Principal and Teacher of the Year

LCPS Public Information Officer Dan Adams speaks to the 2026 Principal of the Year, Katie Johnson from Belmont Ridge Middle School, and the Teacher of the Year, Eric Kursman, an English teacher at Blue Ridge Middle School.

School Talk: Revisiting Dignity Through Belonging

LCPS Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence speaks to authors Dr. Floyd Cobb and John Krownapple about their book, Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity. The book dives into the importance of dignity and belonging, while it might appear to be self-evident at first glance, it’s not until these concepts are truly unpacked, that educators realize the dire need for belonging through dignity. Once these fundamental human needs are understood, educators can gain clarity of the barriers to meaningful student relationships, especially across dimensions of difference. Even the most relational and responsive educators need this clarity due to the normalization of what the authors refer to as dignity distortions.

Empodérate y Participa: Elevando las Voces de Estudiantes y Familias por medio de los Círculos de Opinión

El pódcast de esta semana de LCPS, Empodérate y Participa, ha sido creado por la Oficina de la Alianza Educativa, Familiar y Comunitaria para Estudiantes de Inglés (EL FACE). Los oyentes aprenderán de la supervisora de EL FACE, Sarah Ocampo, y de las instructoras Karla Blasquez, Mona ELKholy y Rahima Abdullah, sobre la importancia de elevar las voces de los estudiantes y las familias a través de círculos de retroalimentación y el uso de las funciones ejecutivas como base de los hábitos que conducen al éxito académico y al liderazgo. El episodio también cuenta con dos invitados estudiantiles especiales: Samanta de Potomac Falls High School y Edwin de Heritage High School.